læste

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See also: läste

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

læste c (also spelled læster)

  1. indefinite plural of læst

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

læste

  1. past tense of læse
  2. past participle definite singular of læse
  3. past participle plural of læse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow”), similar to the verb leornian.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lǣste f

  1. last (a shoemaker's tool)

Descendants

  • Middle English: laste

References

  1. ^ “last”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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